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Chapter 62: Helpless Defense

In fact, Huang Zhua Luda stopped his action after only conducting a tentative attack in Jingshanwa Town.

As a qualified general, Huang Zhua Aruda has made his own judgment and is unwilling to be consumed by his opponent's repeated resistance.

The stone thrower, thunder cannon, and pine cannon have already given Huang slap Aruda and the troops he led, which has caused fear.

Moreover, the purpose of going to Anqiu to aid is obviously impossible. Just by looking at the opponent's calm appearance, Huang Zhua Luda believed that Anqiu had lost. Otherwise, the opponent would not let go of his confidant enemy and calmly deal with his army to resist.

According to the same principle, if you continue to think about it, Huang Zhua Luda felt that the two plagiarized troops of Pusanliu family and Wanyan Esun were also in danger.

Under this analysis, Huang Zhua Luda believes that it is difficult to defeat his opponent at present, and if his mobile force fails, the enemy can disturb the empty defense of Weizhou and other places.

Therefore, Huang Zhua Luda gathered troops and confronted the Red Turban Army. On the other hand, he reported to Pusan ​​Anzhen's quick horse, stated his analysis and judgment, and requested a change in the combat plan.

From the perspective of Meng Jiucheng and the Red Turban Army, it was a wise move for the Jin army to give up the strong attack and take the lead, although they felt dissatisfied and regretful.

So, Meng Jiucheng left the guards in Jingshanwa, and after Han Shouzhong guarded, he led a group of troops to retreat to Liujiayao Town, and continued to consolidate the second and third lines of defense.

So far, although the ambush was lost and the attack on Weizhou was lost, the purpose of restraining the Jin army and supporting Li Quan's troops was achieved.

Pusan ​​Anzhen received the urgent report. Although he couldn't believe it, he believed Huang Zhua Aruda and judged from the dynamics of Mulingguan's Red Coat Army that most of the plagiarism had failed.

Now, Pusan ​​Anzhen's attention to the Red Turban Army has increased sharply, and Li Quan seems to be able to be placed in a secondary position.

But there are still practical difficulties to move the troops to attack.

The troops on the opposite side of Li Quan wanted to keep troops to monitor and prevent them from disturbing them; the rebels in Liu Erzu's troops who were farther away were also making more and more difficult, and there were already rebels in Peng Yibin, Shi Gui, Xia Quan, Shi Qing, Pei Yuan, Ge Ping, Yang Deguang, Wang Xianzhong, Hao Ding and other rebels who surrendered to the affiliation.

After strong power, Liu Erzu built a large stone throwing machine according to the drawings given by Meng Jiucheng, and captured cities and villages everywhere. He had conquered more than ten counties including Tai'an, Teng, Han, Shanzhou, Laiwu, Xintai.

Peng Yibin, Shi Gui and Xia Quan's coalition forces captured Pizhou and obtained hundreds of warships. They were preparing to contact the Red Coat Army on both sides of the Yellow River to jointly carry out their work.

Jin Ting had sent an edict to ask the servant Anzhen to move his troops south and attack the rebel army under Liu Erzu to ensure the safety of the two important towns in Jinan and Xuzhou.

After moving south, Jin Ting did not get much time to breathe.

Genghis Khan sent Mongolian general Sanmuhebadu to lead the Mongolian army to join Shi Ma Ming'an (Khitan) in Fuzhou, Jin Dynasty, and Wang Ji (Han) in Zhuozhou, to lead the Mongolian army to the south to join.

Shima Ming'an, Wang Ji and other troops attacked Gubeikou and successively captured Jing, Ji, Tan, Shun and other states, approaching Zhongdu.

In October, Mu Huali led his army to attack and plunder the fifteen cities including Huihe, Jinyuan, Hezhong, Longshan, Li, Jian, Fushu, and then attacked Zhongdu.

Although Emperor Jin moved the capital to Bianjing, Zhongdu was a major town and still gathered elite troops to garrison. However, Zhongdu Xuanfu envoy and the remaining guard at Aotunxiang led 200,000 troops to resist the battle and fought with the Mongolian army in Huadao, but was defeated and killed more than 80,000 people.

Now, Aotunxiang can only stick to the city and become a turtle with a head-reducing fate. But the fate of failure is destined, it just depends on the length of persistence.

Under such circumstances, Jin Ting had to deal with the harassment of Xixia and consolidate the very weak northwest defense line. However, he was unable to take care of the crisis in the north and the turmoil in Shandong and it was difficult to take care of it.

However, as an important city to block Henan and block the Mongolian army from going south, its importance is self-evident. Therefore, Jin Ting believed that Pusan ​​Anzhen should first attack Liu Erzu, and why should he compete with Li Quan at Muling Pass?

For Pusan ​​Anzhen, who is on the front line and knows the situation in Shandong, he knows that it is difficult to eradicate the roots and the spring breeze is blown away. He also knows that after defeating Yang An'er, the prefectures and counties reoccupied were quite weak in defense, and the surrendered soldiers and generals were not at ease.

But under the pressure of the general situation, Pusan ​​Anzhen had to sigh, make adjustments, and try her best not to worsen the current situation.

First, he sent 3,000 troops to Weizhou to garrison and curb the possibility of the Red Turban Army plundering north; second, he transferred back the two mobile forces, the "Flower Hat Army" and the "Huang Hexiu Army", and prepared to follow him to Jinan; finally, he left 3,000 troops in Linqu to prevent Li Quan from escaping Qingzhou again.

In other words, Pusan ​​Anzhen ended the attack helplessly and took the defensive moment, and led his troops to attack Liu Erzu.

Of course, Pusan ​​Anzhen was still a little unwilling to accept it, so she launched an attack on Muling Pass.

However, Li Quan's troops used manpower advantages and the assisted fighters of the stone throwing machine, although they suffered greater casualties than the Jin soldiers, they repelled the Jin soldiers.

Now, Pusan ​​Anzhen gave up and did not dare to consume the few people anymore. She set up defenses and honestly prepared to go to the battlefield.

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After receiving the news that the Jin army retreated to Weizhou, Meng Jiucheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he was really afraid that Pusan ​​Anzhen would ignore it and lead a large army to fight.

The enemy retreated, and the Red Turban Army also gave up the defense of Jingshanwa and Liujiayao Town, retreated directly to Wenshui, and rested in Anqiu.

Not ready yet! Meng Jiucheng has measured the situation of troops and materials, and believes that it is a wise choice to temporarily stop the situation.

The loss of troops could be recruited and replenished from the militia soon. Even with the opening of the grain purchase channel and the development of production, Meng Jiucheng also decided to expand it.

There were also many confiscations in three battles and three victories, including guns, swords, equipment, and horses, which greatly improved the equipment level of the Red Turban Army.

As for material consumption, it can be fully produced and supplemented within one or two months. With the three states and relatively stable social order, it is the logistics foundation for the Red Turban Army to develop and grow.

The people are simple and have not high requirements. They can eat enough, have clothes to cover themselves, and can avoid the pain of war. At this stage, they are already very satisfied.

Compared with other war-torn places, although the territory under Meng Jiucheng was not well eaten and the food was tight, they would not starve to death.

Even the living standards are improving slightly. It is not very obvious, but the people can still notice that there are indeed more foods to eat, and the market is not so depressed.
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